The death toll continues to rise after a massive 7.7 earthquake struck Myanmar's second-largest city, followed by several strong aftershocks that could be felt in neighboring Thailand and China. Over 1,000 are dead and thousands more injured after the earthquake felled buildings and pagodas. The U.S., China, Russia and the U.N. pledged aid to help with recovery in the usually tightly-controlled borders of Myanmar, which has been ruled by a military junta since 2021.
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00:00Devastation in Myanmar, after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck near Mandalay on Friday
00:08afternoon, toppling pagodas and sending people in the northern city of 1.5 million scrambling
00:18for cover.
00:21The massive quake and several strong aftershocks knocking down a building under construction
00:25in Thailand, a thousand kilometers away, and sending people in the streets of southwestern
00:30China running.
00:36Myanmar's death toll already in the hundreds, expected to rise to the tens of thousands.
00:41The normally isolated country, run by a military junta since 2021, is calling for foreign aid.
00:47U.S. President Donald Trump confirming that the U.S. would be sending help, despite shutting
01:06down the country's global humanitarian aid office.
01:09Efforts the U.N. and China will also be joining.
01:13In Bangkok, attempts to rescue dozens of Thai and Burmese workers buried under the
01:17rubble of a high-rise under construction continue into the weekend.
01:21Three people have been confirmed dead, but family and friends of those unaccounted for
01:26are still holding out hope their loved ones will emerge alive.
01:42And they'll need that hope, as the full extent of the damage and loss of life of this earthquake
02:12reveals itself in the next days as the region tries to recover.
02:16Yisen Pan and Tiffany Wong for Taiwan Plus.